FIAMMA COLONNA MONTAGU makes sculptures in ceramic, from massive site-specific commissions to smaller sculptures, maquettes and vessels.

Her series of ‘Portals’ are circular structures, up to 3m in diameter which appear in the landscape like floating gateways, and her ‘Meditation Totems’, tall totemic forms often sited in groups creating a space within or beyond. Smaller sculptural maquettes are created for interiors, conveying monumentality beyond their scale. 

In all the sculpture, metal armatures are threaded with textured, scored and shaped discs and elemental forms. Each piece combines different clays, from soft white and black porcelain to hard edged and gritty black and buff stoneware – to create a unique sculptural language. The result is a series of sculptures which feel ancient and contemporary at the same time.

As the artist describes, ‘weathering of the clay, lines, tracings and gesture all record the passage of time and serve as an attempt to convey the monumentality of our experience of this earth and our fragility alongside it’.

Now living with her family in West Dorset, Fiamma Colonna Montagu grew up in London. She studied at Bryanston, a co-educational liberal arts school in Dorset, followed by Oxford University. In 2014 she produced the acclaimed ‘Blood Swept Fields’ poppy installation in commemoration of the WWI centenary and now showing to mark the 80^th anniversary of the end of the Second World War at the Tower of London. Fiamma oversaw the making of 888,246 ceramic poppies for what is still the largest single art installation staged internationally. Major commissions in 2022 include a series of vessels for Claridge’s which were placed in each of almost 200 new rooms. Recent exhibitions include Robert Bowman, Mayfair 2022; West Downs Gallery, Winchester 2022; Rebecca Willer, London; New Art Centre, Roche Court and Sladers Yard gallery. Recent completed commissions include a major Portal in the Algarve and a new series of Totems in Stockholm and in the UK. 

We are delighted to announce a major new exhibition of Fiamma’s work alongside that of her mother, Marzia Colonna MRBS, which will include thrilling major works with tabletop-sized maquettes and vessels. Please register your interest if you would like an early notification when Fiamma’s most recent work becomes available to view and buy.